Although the science of ecology emerged only recently, it has a long ancestry. It begins in the 18^th century with the story of Gilbert White, an English clergyman who...

Incorporating the new terms and research compiled in the last few years in this field, The Facts On File Dictionary of Biology, Fourth Edition clearly defines the basic p...

In the 19th century, a monk named Gregor Mendel studied how different types of pea plants passed their characteristics to the next generation. His studies in heredity led to sci...

Scientists debate the question how did life on Earth first come to be—was it through the presence of electrical charges and the interaction of elements found in the atmosphere o...

One aim of developmental biology is to learn how a healthy body arises from the genetic material of an organism, also known as a genome. Another goal is to understand why develo...